Charlie Kirk Lost His Life Trying to Save My Generation

Looking out at 3,000 Utahns, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed a year ago today.

He was debating a young man about gun violence and transgenderism. I stood on the lawn near the front, covering the event as a reporter for the Deseret News. I have watched the scene on the backs of my eyelids a thousand times. The bullet hits him; he closes his eyes; my co-worker and I drop to the ground and pray. Gathering myself, I brace for bullets as we run over dots of blood on the concrete.